“My favorite movie? I directed it, and it’s an absolute masterpiece”

Waiting to find out more about Ridley Scott’s next films. Nevertheless, we remind you when the director spoke about the films he loves most and surprised one of his own works as his favorite film ever.

Last year. Therefore, on the red carpet of Alien’s premiere: Romulus, he produced, Scott did what every figure of cinema does today: He revealed his four favorite films in Letterboxd. But. perhaps because he loves to stand out from the others, with a surprising twist, the director mentioned as a third choice none other than Blade Runnerhis Sci-Fi and Cyberpunk masterpiece of 1982.

Most of the directors on these occasions only. exclusively cites the works of other colleagues, but it should be clear to everyone that Ridley Scott is not ‘most of the directors’: the author, who has never used minors in the press, He praised Blade “my favorite movie? i directed Runner his film for revolutionizing the genre. When you say ‘sing it. play it’, of course, but in this case it must be admitted that Blade Runner has objectively a revolutionary masterpiece, the influence of which is still perceived today in many films of this kind (and not only, just think of the mania of the sets illuminated with neon lights, exasperated by Nicolas Winding Refn and today very present also in the TV series).

Previously, Ridley Scott had also told The Guardian that Blade Runner is his “most complete and personal movie”.

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